Finally done freshening up and getting dressed, Yibo kissed Zhan on his forehead and made his way downstairs fishing his phone from the bedside table. He had an important work to do.

"Xue Yang." Yibo called upon reaching downstairs.

"Good morning, Yibo." Wang Xichen said.

It was the Yibo realized Xichen was also downstairs.

"Good morning, brother. Where is Xue Yang?"

"He might be outside. Why?"

"I have to tell him an important thing. Could you please ring him? I have switched off my phone."

Xichen understood that it was something very important so he said, "Yeah sure. Wait a sec." And then he rang Xue Yang.

Wang Yibo heard Xichen say to Xue Yang over the phone, 'Yibo wants to talk to you'.

"Second Master Wang." Xue Yang came running in. "Did you call me?"

"Yes, take a seat." Yibo indicated the sofa acrosee him.

And then he began, "Xue Yang, I want you to help me with something."

"I would help you with anything. What is it?"

"Here, my phone." Yibo handed Xue Yang his phone, saying, "I have switched it off. Its still seven in the morning and as far as I know, Meng Yao would be still asleep so he wouldn't have checked for any of our speech yet. I have switched off my phone since last night and before Meng Yao wakes up, we have to switch the phone back on or else Meng Yao would something suspicious."

"Second Master Wang, what do you want me to do?" Xue Yang asked.

"I want you to destroy the sim and dispose the phone somewhere far away. Remember to switch on the phone before disposing it so Meng Yao wouldn't get suspicious."

"Yibo, I do not get you. If dispose the phone, for sure Meng Yao would come asking you that he could not reach you when he tried calling you. Wouldn't it arose his suspicion?" Xichen questioned.

"He would come inquiring about the phone for sure. I will tell him that it got lost and when I tried to tried to trace its location, it showed that the sim was no longer available. I will tell him that it seemed stolen and the sim was destroyed in order to not get caught. He would believe it. I know him well."

"Are you sure?" Xichen asked again.

"Yes. I am very sure. Just because of this useless chip, I cannot destroy my life with Zhan. I cannot ruin my own life. I will not let it happen."

"Second Master Wang, I'll do as you asked. Is there anything else or shall I get going?" Xue Yang asked.

"Yeah, could you help me investigate Meng Yao's family and background? I want to know what he had been doing before he joined our company and all the necessary information. I specifically want information all about his friends. And could you please assign someone to keep a close eye on Meng Yao? I need daily update on every one his single action. Could you?"

"I will. I will get everything done by today." Xue Yang said.

"Yibo, what do you mean by all this?" Xichen asked confused.

"Brother, I just feel like Meng Yao is just the tip of the deep iceberg. I don't think he just wants to have me. There is more into this than we have thought."

"But.... He had been with us for almost two years now. He had never done anything that would put us in a problem. I just feel like you are overthinking it. Meng Yao loves you but your marriage has ruined his dreams. May be he is doing all this just to have you."

"No, brother. I too thought that I was overthinking. But seems like we are wrong. Thinking on every single thing clearly, Meng Yao had been planning well to get me. He did not expect me to get married this soon so when I got married, his whole plan was ruined. I think he does not love only me. There is something that he wants to have more than me but having me is the only way to achieve it. And that's why, he is trying to put Zhan's life at stake."

"What do you mean, Second Master Wang? I really can't believe anything you say." Xue Yang exclaimed.

"Exactly." Xichen joined.

"Nothing in life is believable. Sometimes, you have to believe it even of you don't want to." Yibo sighed and then continued. "I considered Meng Yao to be my closest friend. My best friend. I never thought he would do such a thing for me. Never once I imagined that he would have taken me for more than a friend. I always thought that he would remain my best friend forever. I just cannot believe that he is doing all this to me. I shared every single thing with him. All my darkest secrets except Xiao Zhan. I am glad that I did not tell him about Zhan earlier. I am afraid he would have already done something to Zhan by now if he had known that I love Zhan. Just thinking of it gives me goosebumps. May be it was all god's plan in making me not telling him anything about Zhan. Thank god."

Wang Xichen saw the sadness written all over Yibo's face. He knew how hard Yibo must be feeling right now. No one could imagine their best friends betraying them! And it would be even worse to experience it!

Xichen walked up to Yibo and took a seat beside him, hooking his arm around Yibo's shoulder, saying, "I am sorry for what you are going through. I am sorry I am unable to help you with anything over this."

"It's alright. I am fine. Brother doesn't have to feel sorry." Yibo said.

"It was me who recruited him as your personal secretary."

"It wasn't your fault. I too was glad that I had got a potential personal secretary. No one is to blame here. All this were already planned."

"Mn." Xichen hummed.

"Second Master Wang, I'll get going then."

"Alright. Be careful."

"Sure."

With that, Xue Yang left.

"Brother," Yibo said, "Zhan is kit feeling well. Could you please call Wen Qing over?"

"What's wrong with him? He was doing just fine last night."

"Eh... He has caught cold." Yibo replied.

"Cold? How?" Xichen questioned.

Wang Yibo blushed not knowing how to answer his brother. He could not tell Xichen that he was the reason for Zhan's fever. He could not tell tagt he had fucked Zhan in the cold night breeze for very long. He could not tell that he had fucked Zhan in the shower for very long. He could not tell anything!

"Are you hiding something from me?" Xichen teased. But then he asked, all of a sudden, "Wait, why do you smell different?!"

Xichen came closer to him, sniffing him and finally found the source. He stopped near his scent gland and pulled down his collar revealing the mark left by Xiao Zhan last night.

"Wang Yibo!" Xichen exclaimed. "How could you hide such a big thing from me?"

"I did not hide. I just did not get time to tell you. Ie was too immersed in Meng Yao's subject."

"When did this happen?" Xichen questioned excitedly.

"Last night." Yibo blushed.

"Oh my god, I am so happy for you two. But, what about the mark that you already had on you?" Xichen asked puzzled.

"It was just a sticker." Yibo replied.

"Sticker?"

"Yes."

"Yibo, Zhan was hurt because of it. How could you be so silly?!" Xichen cried.

"I just wanted to see if he would doubt me when I come back home with a mark after spending three days with an omega in heat. Trust is all that matters in a relationship and last night, he proved me that he trusted me blindly." Yibo said, a tear flowing down his cheek.

"Yeah.... He too told me that you were his and his only. You wouldn't betray him no matter what."

"He told you?" Yibo asked, surprised.

"Yes."

Yibo could no longer hold back his tears. He hugged Xichen tightly and cried his heart out. He was so Happy! Very happy that Zhan trusted him so much than he had ever trusted himself!

He would never ever break the trust that Zhan gad on him. He would rather kill himself than break Zhan's heart!

"Yibo," Xichen said, patting his back, "It's tune for you two to shine together!"

Yibo smiled hearing those words.

"Yes," he muttered. "It's time for us to shine together!"